International Color Quality Club

Ever since 1994, Color Quality Club (ICQC) is organized by the World Printers Forum (WPF) , the print community within WAN-IFRA, its the only worldwide Biennial quality competition for newspapers and magazines  with a goal to improve the quality of reproduction, while also increasing competitiveness as well as motivating all personnel. It rewards the winners who adopt and print as per the international ISO standards for printing industry.

The contest evaluation based on objective technical measurements made on a print test element (WAN-IFRA “Cuboid” test patch) and a visual Print Quality defect (GPQ) evaluation by a jury of international newspaper experts. Winner (Publications) of color quality club of a print site will gain one star for their successful color quality membership, these stars accumulated over the years helps the winners to get in to Elite star Club and Millennium Club who reaches 5+ stars and 10+ stars respectively in their life time .


ICQC 2022-2024:

Registration opens from 15th Feb 2022 and

Registration closed by 15th May 2022.

To know all the details about the contest (Dates, Fee, procedures and Registration, etc.,) Visit

 

 

 


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Winners of International Color Quality Club 2022–2024

NOCOMPANYPUBLICATIONCITYCOUNTRY
1ABP Pvt. Ltd.Anandabazar PatrikaKolkataIndia
2ABP Pvt. Ltd.The TelegraphKolkataIndia
3Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaAhmedabadIndia
4Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaBarodaIndia
5Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaBengaluruIndia
6Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaChennaiIndia
7Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaGhaziabadIndia
8Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaHaryanaIndia
9Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaHyderabadIndia
10Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaKolkataIndia
11Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaLucknowIndia
12Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaMumbaiIndia
13Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaNagpurIndia
14Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaNavi MumbaiIndia
15Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaPuneIndia
16Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.The Times of IndiaTrivandrumIndia
17British Industries Printing & Packaging Co. KG.AlraiKuwaitKuwait
18British Industries Printing & Packaging Co. KG.AljaridaKuwaitKuwait
19DELO d.o.o.DeloLjubljanaSlovenia
20Druck Styria GmbH & Co. KG.Kleine Zeitung StyriaGrazAustria
21Druck Styria GmbH & Co. KG.Kleine Zeitung CarinthiaGrazAustria
22Druckerei KonstanzSuedkurierKonstanzGermany
23Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungFrankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungPotsdamGermany
24Heilbronner Stimme GmbH & Co. KG.Heilbronner StimmeHeilbronnGermany
25Jagran Prakashan LimitedDainik JagranKanpurIndia
26Presse-Druck- und Verlags-GmbHAugsburger AllgemeineAugsburgGermany
27Printing Partners Paal-BeringenHet NieuwsbladPaal-BeringenBelgium
28Sakal Media Pvt. Ltd.SakalKolhapurIndia
29Sakal Media Pvt. Ltd.SakalPuneIndia
30The Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd.The Mathrubhumi DailyCalicutIndia
31The Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd.The Mathrubhumi DailyKannurIndia
32The Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd.The Mathrubhumi DailyKochiIndia
33The Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd.The Mathrubhumi DailyPalakkadIndia
34The Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd.The Mathrubhumi DailyTrichurIndia
35The Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd.The Mathrubhumi DailyTrivandrumIndia
36THG Publishing Pvt. Ltd.The HinduBengaluruIndia
37THG Publishing Pvt. Ltd.The HinduCoimbatoreIndia
38THG Publishing Pvt. Ltd.The HinduHyderabadIndia
39THG Publishing Pvt. Ltd.The HinduTrivandrumIndia
40Turkuvaz Haberlesme ve Yayincilik A.SSabahIstanbulTurkey

Contact and Inquiries

if you wish to secure a place as a sponsor, please Contact Us

if you have concerns on the  contest process and procedures, please contact , Prabhu Natrajan, Tel. +91  8792178292, prabhu.n@wan-ifra.org


ICQC TRAINING

The IFRA Research and Material Testing Centre have initiated to train and offer onsite or online training programs to IFRA members and color quality participants.  The main aim of the training programs is to provide the publishing house about know-hows? of the contest, all the technical knowledge required for the contest.

Moreover, the participants from press and pre-press, project leads for ICQC could attend the training program. This could potentially be extended to the core team that excute the quality contest in the shop floor. Understanding the technical backround will enhace the approach of the people and sort the errors and difference in a simpliefed way…KNOW MORE


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